Former PA chief sports writer and Express columnist Frank Malley has hit the bookshelves with his first novel – and he admits it is aimed at a diffe…
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Category: Books and reviews
For sale: complete 50-year-old set of Rothmans Football Yearbook
By PHILIP BARKER It is almost 50 years since the first ‘Rothmans Football Yearbook’ hit the bookshops. Michael Archer, long time editor of ITV’s…
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How France’s world beaters left their magnifique mark on football
A new book charting the progress of French international football from the dark days of 1966 to 2018 world cup glory is reviewed by ERIC BROWN. They a…
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Ingham autobiography out in paperback – ‘for anyone who loves radio sport the way it should be done’
Mike Ingham’s acclaimed autobiography will be universally available at the end of March when it is released in paperback. Ingham, for many years…
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Missing pages deny Book his place in Manchester City’s illustrated history
Manchester City’s official illustrated history has been published to celebrate the club’s 125th anniversary but they seem to have missed out someo…
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Mike Ingham MBE looks back at amazing career with a special mention for SJA Doug Gardner award
Mike Ingham, for many years the voice of football on BBC radio, has written his autobiography, reviewed by ANTON RIPPON. On 29 May 1985, Mike Ingham w…
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How Steve Bloomer survived a WW1 prison camp – the real escape to victory
By ANTON RIPPON Steve Bloomer was football’s first super star. He scored a record number of goals for England, endorsed football kit i…
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The club that Jack built – how Blackburn won the title thanks to rich super fan
A new book which traces Jack Walker’s galvanising effect on modest second division outfit Blackburn Rovers in the early 1990s is reviewed by ERI…
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Singing winger Grainger shared billing with the Beatles and played against Brazil
By Eric Brown Colin Grainger shared dressing rooms with Stanley Matthews and the Beatles, scored on his England debut against Brazil and counted film …
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Hamilton wins £30,000 William Hill prize for record third time
By Anton Rippon Judges were ‘bowled over’ by Duncan Hamilton’s biography of Neville Cardus that has won for the freelance sportswriter a record-…
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